Published by Health IT Analytics Just like every other public health stakeholder, the FDA is struggling to control the immense impact of opioids on the nation’s health and wellbeing. The opioid addiction epidemic is currently “the biggest public health crisis facing...

Published by Reason A bill sponsored by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) would impose a nationwide limit of three days on initial prescriptions of opioids for acute pain. “People are dying around the country every single day because patients are being prescribed too...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced today the appointment of 28 members to the new Pain Management Best Practices Inter-Agency Task Force (Task Force). The Task Force will hold its inaugural public meeting on May 30, 2018, from 9:30 a.m....

Published by WTKR More than 42,000 people die from opioid drug overdoses each year according to the Centers for Disease Control. This has resulted in a crackdown on prescription opioids. Now, some chronic pain patients say they live in fear their quality of life will...

Published by NEJM Catalyst Sue Glod, MD, is frustrated with the nation’s opioid crisis, but not for the obvious reasons. As a palliative medicine specialist at Penn State College of Medicine in Hershey, Pennsylvania, she sees patients who are struggling with...

Compiled by Clint Cole, III, PAINS Research Intern PAINS’ No Longer Silent initiative exists to: Change the beliefs, attitudes and perceptions of media about chronic pain as a disease. Increase media coverage and support evidence based reporting of chronic pain....